St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-07
THE BANQUET.
Milwaukee's Merchants Elegantly
Entertain the President.

Milwaukee'S Merchants Elegantly
Entertain the President.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 6.-Just $50 guests
sat down at the banquet rendered by the
Merchants association to the president
including the leading Republicans,
Democrats and mugwumps from all
parts of the state. The dining hall was
elaborately decorated with ferns and
palms. The guests remained standing
until the arrival of the chief guest of the
evening. Mr.. Cleveland entered on
the arm of Mr.. G. E, Andrews, presi
dent of the Merchants association. He
was received with applause. At 10
o'clock Mrs. Cleveland appeared in the
balcony of the dining room to listen to
the toasts and responses and was greeted
with great applause. Immediately
after the applause had subsidized Mr..
Andrews made the address of welcome.
AS President Cleveland rose to respond
he was greeted with YOciferOuS cheer
ing:
MIR. CLEVELAND SAID:
II feel like thanking you for remembering
on this occasion the president of the United
States, for am sure you but intend a respect
full recognition of the magnitude and I'M
portance of the high office l, for the time
being, hold in trust for you and for the
American people. 1t is high office because
it represents the sovereignty of free and
mighty people. 1t is full of solemn response
bility and duty, because it embodles in
greater degree than any other office on
earth the suffrage and trust of such a peo-
pie AS an American citizen chosen
from the mass of his fellow countrymen to
assume for time this responsibility and this
duty, 1 acknowledge with patriotic satisfac-
ton your tribute to the Office which belongs
to us all. And because it belongs to all the
npOnlp nhllpDfiOn
part to maintain constant and continuous
watchfulness and interest concerning its
care and operation. Their duty is not en-
tirely done when they have exercised their
suffrage and indicated their choice of the in
cumbent. Nor is their duty per-
formed by settling down to bitter, malignant
and selfish abuse of what is done or at
tempted to be done by the incumbent Sc
not be approved as matter of course, and
for no better reason than that it represents
political party; but more unpatriotlc than
all the others are those who, having neither
party discomfort nor fair ground of criticism
TO excuse or justify their conduct. rail
because of personal disappointment,
who misrepresent for sensational
purposes, and who profess to see swift de.
struction in the rejection of their plans of
governmental management After all, we
need have no fear that the American people
will permit this high office of president to
suffer. There is patriotic sentiment
ing and all party disappointment will assert
itself and will insist that the office which
stands for the peoples will shall, in all its
vigor, minister to their prosperity and vel
fare
The fourth regular toast "The State
of Wisconsin," was the subject assigned
to
POSTMASTER GENERAL Villas,
who said that in such company of rep
reSentative men assembled in her chief
city under the auspices of her leaders
in trade and business to give hospitable
welcome to the president of the United
States, cup might well be drunk in
honor of the good state of Wisconsin.
He sketched eloquently though briefly
the salient features of Wisconsin's his
tory as state; sumed up her bOundleSs
resources and dwelt upon her beauties
of scenery and climate.
standing here tonight" he said, ''as one
of Wisconsin's household, l may be permit
ted to forget my temporary relation to his
service, and for our people, one and ALL
proudly declare to the president of the
United States that in royalty to the federal
union, its constitution and supreme laws, the
people of Wisconsin yield first place to their
brethren in no other state; that they under
stand and profoundly feel the responsibility
to him whose personal keeping is
committed not only the sovereignty
and dignity of the nation but the veal or
woe of sixty millions of their race and a
limitless posterity; that in the discharge of
this responsibility they demand and will de-
fend an upright faithful and wise govern
ment and whatever the difference of her
men in politics, in every officer entrusted for
the peoples good with the peoples power,
the heart OF Wisconsin admires and loves an
able, faithful brave and honest man.
The speech of the postmaster-general,
evoked the most demonStrative enthuS-
iasm. Letters of regret were read and
impromptu speeches followed in con-
cluSSon.